> The setup was to treat the government as an adversary. Needing to understand positive rights vs negative rights +1 on citing the constitution's wisdom of tre

> The setup was to treat the government as an adversary. Needing to understand positive rights vs negative rights +1 on citing the constitution's wisdom of treating the government itself as adversarial, due to the enormous power it has. +1 on pointing at the difference between positive and negative rights in this context.